The Enterprise
Country Doctor Museum plans Oral History Day
BAILEY — The Country Doctor Museum, in collaboration with Southern Nash High School’s Advanced Placement U.S. history class, will host its fifth annual Oral History Day from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday. The event will feature students interviewing local residents about their experiences with communicable diseases and vaccines. The...
Southside Academy receives accreditation
ROCKY MOUNT — In its second year of operation, Southside Academy has received foundational accreditation from the Association of Christian Schools International. Administrators call the designation a major accomplishment for the young school. Southside Academy is a private Christian school serving children from low-income households in southern Rocky Mount and...
Farris & Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week: Ross Hinnant
Southern Nash High School junior golfer Ross Hinnant aims for a low score on the green while earning high marks in the classroom, making him The Enterprise’s Farris & Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week. Hinnant maintains a weighted 4.5 grade point average and consistently wins the golf team’s...
Community Calendar: Planning board meets Thursday
SPRING HOPE — The Spring Hope Planning Board will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at Town Hall, 118 E. Railroad St. Board of Commissioners to convene NASHVILLE — The Nash County Board of Commissioners will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 20, in the Claude Mayo Jr....
Sweetpotato Festival brings car show, cook-offs to Bailey
BAILEY — The North Carolina Sweetpotato Festival will return to Main Street from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday. Organizers say the lineup of activities, contests and entertainment continues to grow as the festival enters its third year. Festivities begin with a chicken wing cook-off from 10 a.m. to...
Oakwood Cemetery features makeshift ‘Cardiac Pack’ shrine
I recently made plans to travel to Wilson and Nash counties to admire two hidden gems right here in our backyard, but I decided to put a halt on my...
Farris & Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week: Ross Hinnant
Southern Nash High School junior golfer Ross Hinnant aims for a low score on the green while earning high marks in the classroom, making him The Enterprise’s Farris & Thomas...
Ladybirds live on, get past Eastern Alamance
A base hit, a walk, an error, a base-running mistake or a mental blunder could have been the difference in Friday’s NCHSAA 3-A second-round playoff encounter between undefeated Southern Nash...
Wilson breaks ground on Mudcats’ new stadium
WILSON — A Thursday groundbreaking ceremony for a baseball stadium that will serve as the Carolina Mudcats’ future home was about more than throwing dirt — it was about celebrating...
Butterfield honored with highway naming
RALEIGH — Friends and relatives joined North Carolina Board of Transportation members Thursday in recognizing retired U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield at an honorary naming ceremony. The board unanimously voted to...
Volunteers needed to deliver meals
Nash County Recreation & Senior Services is recruiting volunteer drivers for its Home-Delivered Meals program. “We are in desperate need of volunteers in the Nashville, Spring Hope, Castalia and Red...
Oakwood Cemetery features makeshift ‘Cardiac Pack’ shrine
I recently made plans to travel to Wilson and Nash counties to admire two hidden gems right here in our backyard, but I decided to put a halt on my...
Make every week Teacher Appreciation Week by paying teachers more
North Carolina’s amazing educators are preparing the future workforce of our state every day. It’s past time we treat them like the professionals they are with higher pay and more...
State tax rebates? Let’s pay down debt instead
Some legislators have proposed that the General Assembly send some tax money back to us. That sounds like fun. I have another idea: Use whatever money is in mind to...
